China on Wednesday, Jan. 8, distanced itself from allegations that state-sponsored Chinese hackers penetrated into the Philippine government's executive branch as well as the military and stole their data.The Chinese Embassy in Manila in a statement reiterated its "consistent and clear" stand...
The Senate on Wednesday, August 21 confirmed that its website was hacked. In a statement released by the Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau (PRIB), the spokesperson Arnel Bañas said the usernames and logs extracted from the Senate Sharepoint site “are merely the names or accounts...
House Secretary General Reginald Velasco (Contributed photo) Hackers have been very aggressive in their attempt to deface the online assets of the House of Representatives, if information technology (IT) experts from the institution are to be...
BAGUIO CITY – The Management Information Technology Division of the City Mayor's Office reported that more than three million hackers attempted to infiltrate the city government's data system in 2023.According to MITD head Francisco Camarao, the city's database was successfully protected by...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) After its cybersecurity protection was likened to that of a "shanty", the House of Representatives recently formed a Cybersecurity Committee composed of its highest ranking civilian officials. No...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 12 that the "suspects" responsible for the attack on the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) database are different from those who targeted the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)."That...
US experts are coming to the Philippines to assess the country's risk against hackers amid reports that many of the country's institutions are now compromised and that cyberspace is being used to sow division, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez said Tuesday, August...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, April 28, assured voters that hackers cannot manipulate the results of the upcoming elections, saying the system utilized by the poll body is secured and nobody can hack into it.
Voting at Tenement Elementary School in Taguig City (Photo...
Following the arrest of three alleged hackers promising candidates of a sure win in the upcoming polls, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Wednesday, April 27, warned candidates of such rampant scams during the election season.
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping that the arrested three alleged members of a hacker’s group promising sure victory to candidates in exchange for money will name their other accomplices.
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The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center or CICC said it has...
Secuna
Secuna, the Philippines' community-powered cybersecurity testing platform, has announced that they now have onboarded 1,300 registered ethical hackers in their platform which is poised to be the largest established hacker community in the country.
This is in conjunction with the...
The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate the reported hacking of its servers and to ensure the integrity of its system and the upcoming elections.
In a statement Tuesday, Jan. 11, Marcos Jr.s' spokesman,...